ELLISVILLE – Third-ranked Trinity Valley (Texas) got a turnover with 10 seconds left and hit a buzzer-beater to force overtime where they would lead wire-to-wire and defeat No. 7 Jones 86-78 here Saturday afternoon at A.B. Howard Gymnasium.
TVCC improved to 2-0 while Jones fell to 1-1.
Jones got the opening basket of the game, but the Cardinals would score the next 10 to lead 18-12 after a quarter.
Carly Keats (Neshoba Central) hit a 20-footer just before the halftime horn to pull Jones within 29-28 at the break. TVCC led 51-47 after three.
The Bobcats led by as many as five, 61-56, with 4:52 left, but TVCC would rally to force overtime.
Jones was leading 70-68 with 10 seconds left and the ball but turned it over. TVCC would hit a 12-foot jumper at the buzzer to force overtime.
In the extra period, the Cardinals never trailed.
Meloney Thames (Choctaw Central) scored a career-high 35 for Jones, followed by Arianna Patton (Meridian) with 13 and Sakyia White (Tuscaloosa, Alabama) with a dozen.
Jones will meet Trinity Valley again on Nov. 29 in Monroe, Louisiana.
Jones hosts No. 2 Shelton State (1-2) on Thursday at 5 p.m. The game will air on JCJC.TV.
